Amusement device



24 1927. May P. c. SMITH AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed March 11'. 192s vPatented May 24, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEi `BERCY C. SMITH, OI' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS., AssIGNon To Joan` F. MEYER, OF CHICAGO, g ILLINOIS.. Y

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application ledMaI'ch 11, 1926.` vSerial No. 93,844.

This invention relates to amusement devices which are operated by a coin or token and its object is to provide a device of simple construction which can be 'Operated in substantial accordance with a baseball game to I excite l interest and create pleasure and amusement. j More particularlykthe invention has `for vits object to provide a device designedin va manne-r similar lto a basebally field with means whereby a coin or stoken instead oit a baseball may be caused to travel in any one of many different and independent paths over theV l'ield and be disposed ol' in a man-r ner indicating put-outs hits or runs. u

In'the accompanying` drawings illustrat-l ing a selected'embodiment of; the invention;

Fig. 1V is a. front elevation partlyin section. u

Fig. 2 is a sectional viewion the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. j

F ig. 3 is anenlargeddetail sectional vieiv.

Referring to the drawings 5 is a cabinet having a glass front 6, a compartment 7 and ka door 8. A panel 9 is arranged behind lthe glass frontGf and pins 1t) inserted in the panel have their heads .arranged In engage` ment Withv the glass front. There are a nuinber of openings 11 in the panel and these openings are downwardly and inwardly 1nclined at the bottom 12. A frame 13 is iras-v tened to the panel on the front thereof at at the bottom of the space between the glass` front 6l and the panel 9 and is spaced sutii- `ciently below the panel vto permit the'sheli" to swing freely. The shelf and rocker are held in normal position7 as shown in full lines in F ig. 2 by a spring 18, and a handle 19 is arranged on one end of the rocker, on-

the outside of the cabinet Vfor operating the rocker to shift the position of thelshelt. VA stop 20 on the cabinet limits the operation ofV the handle. j y

A token chute 21 is arranged adjacent the upper end of one sideof the cabinet in align-` ment with a slot 22 in said side and a snapper arm 23 ati the outer end of this chute is pivotedat its upper end 24 to the chute and Y end of v. the chute.

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has its lower end arranged tolengage astop 25 so that this snapper arm closes the outer The. bottom 26 of the chute is downwardly Vand outwardly inclined so that a token 27 dropped into the chute at the open top 28 thereof will `lodge on the inclined bottom and against.V the snapper4 arm 23, as shown in Fig. 1. .j

`The.openings 11 are distributed in a mannersimilar to the arrangement of players onv a` baseball field and the pins are distributed over the panel in any desired arrangement7 being spaced apart to permit a tolren *ofv a maximum size `determined by the insert 'i opening` 28 in the chute to .travel Hthrough the pin space to one of the openings ll1 or, if it'escapes the openings, toa position von the shelf 16 in one of the pockets 29 deiined by the spaced sets of pins 30. I prefer to apply designations on the panel adjacent the openings indicating players or players positions and to apply designations indicating hits and runs to the spaces 29 above the shelf. The token having been inserted in the chute andassuming the position shown in Fig.. 1 the player snaps the snapper arm Whichpropels `the token into the pin space between the glass VJfrontI andthe panel and through one ot' the openings 11 into the bottom of the cabinet, or finally lodges in one of the hit and run spaces 29 upon the shelf 16. A game may be played similar to the Well knownbaseball game; when a token enters an Opening it represents an out; When a token lodges in a hit or run pocket 29 it indicates a lnt or run. Vhen oney or more tokens are lodged in a pocket 29, the handle may be operated to tilt the shelf to deposit the token in the cabinet.

The projections 14 and 15 around thebottom part of each opening serve to direct the ,tokeny into proper registration With the opening to travel therethrough and I prefer that the bottom projection should be inclined at orabout the same angle as the inclination of the bottom 12 of the opening 1 1so that the token will slide freely through ltlie` opening.v

My invention provides an amusement device of simple construction which can be easilyV operated and which will be interest` ing to old and young and afford pleasure and amusement to all Who play. I have de scribed the invention as constructed for usek with a coin or token. but it is apparent that anj7 small object capable of traveling through the pin space and between the pins and also of `a SiZetopaSs freelyv throng-li the openings 11, majv be used in place ot a coin, and therefore I will use the word token in the claims as indicating' a coin or anjY other object which ma)T be used in a manner similar to that of a coin for practicing; the invention.

I am also aware that changes majv be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing' troni the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the in\-'ention and I reeerve the rightl to n alte all finch changes fairljv 'fall within the Scope of the 'following` claims.

I claim:

1. An amusement device of the class described comprising; a cabinet having; a glas front` a panel behind said l'ront and haringl a pluralitjv of openings therein`l a 'trame l'astened to the panel at the. bottom ot cach opening, projections on Said frame at the bottom and at the sides of the opening. the side projections extended outwardly7 and engagingthe glass front to direct the token into proper registration with said openingr` the bottom of the opening` in the panel being inclined inwardly and downwartlly and the bottom projection of the frame beingv inclined to correapond with the, bottoni ot' the opening', a token chute on they cabinet` and a snapper arm adapted to lie operated to propel the token into the space between the glass front and the panel at the top thereo'l.

In an amusement device olf` the character destaibed` a cabinet haring a elan-s l'ront. a panel arranged behind the saine. the naid panel having; a plurality ol openings downwardly and inwardl)v inclined at the bottom tlnneo't` 'tirantes sectnfed to theI panel on the, 'liront Ytace thereoi and having` bottoni projection and side projectionsl engaged with the eines lront. the side projections arranged and extended outward to direct the token into proper regisl ration with Said opening?. with the bottoni projection inclined at suhtantialljv the` Sante angle as the inclination ot the opening` in the panel and comfiding therewith. and pins inserted in the panel with their heade; arranged in engagement with the glass Jfront.

PERCY C. SMITH. 

